Christmastide Breviary Confusion, ContinuedCOFFEE AND CANTICLES - January 3, 2015 ... the calendar day. This is because the Roman Missal follows the weekday (i.e. ' Monday/Tuesday, etc. from January 2 to the Saturday before the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord' ) instead of the calendar date ( ' January 2 ', ' January 3 ', etc.) when assigning Mass texts. By using the texts for the weekday rather than the calendar day, the Closing Prayer at the Hours are aligned with the Collect (OpeningPrayer) at Mass. Both sets of texts have ...http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CoffeeAndCanticles-TheDivineOfficeInYourLife/~3/KFn8gQlUh8M/christmastide-breviary-confusion.html

St Francis Xavier, a Fiery ApostleDA MIHI ANIMAS - December 3, 2014 ... wind-direction of the Holy Spirit and follow! 6. BAPTISM. It all starts with the sacrament of Baptism. After instructions, Francis Xavier would baptize in the hundreds leading to the thousands! At the end of his day at times he could no longer hold up his arm any longer due to the huge numbers of Baptisms he would do. 7. ORDER THE DISORDER/ORGANIZATION. This great saint after finishing his time in one place, would leave well-formed catechists to carry on with the mission of forming the people ...http://salesianity.blogspot.com/2014/12/st-francis-xavier-fiery-apostle.html

Update From St Walburge'sCOUNTERCULTURAL FATHER - December 2, 2014 ... http://www.lancasterdiocese.org.uk/Articles/420820/The_Diocese_of/Our_Bishop/Trailer_Order_a.aspx 4. NEW ON OUR WEBSITE http://www.stwalburge.org/news/ - article about Saint Walburge's in 'Regina Magazine' - video montage of most recent Ordinations for the Institute With every best wish for a happy and blessed Advent, yours faithfully, Canon ...http://ccfather.blogspot.com/2014/12/update-from-st-walburges.html

Sharing #ouradvent TraditionsARCHDIOCESE OF TORONTO BLOG - November 30, 2014 ... Bethlehem – via many stopovers on the global map – has been fun and rewarding. (N.B. If you are an armchair traveler or just want to enhance your Christmas decor, I recommend you shop at Ten Thousand Villages , a Fair Trade source of excellent global nativity scenes of all shapes and sizes). Genevieve Anderson, High School Chaplain, Peel-Dufferin Catholic School Board While it's at the end of Advent, a great Christmas tradition in our family is to have a birthday cake for "Baby ...http://archdioceseoftoronto.blogspot.com/2014/11/sharing-ouradvent-traditions.html

She Sings Her Ode to the KingVULTUS CHRISTI - November 16, 2014 ... Heart of Jesus, the pierced Heart out of which flowed blood and water (cf. Jn 19:34). Saint Gertrude was drawn to the Sacred Heart of Jesus by the secret action of the Father, working in her soul through the Holy Ghost. "No one comes to me," says the Lord Jesus, "unless the Father who sent me draws him" (John 6:44). The Dove in the Cleft of the Rock Like the dove who makes her nest in the cleft of the rock, so did Gertrude make her abode in the pierced Heart of the Saviour. Her intimacy with ...http://vultus.stblogs.org/index.php/2014/11/she-sings-her-ode-to-the-king/

More About Lectio DivinaVULTUS CHRISTI - November 12, 2014 ... Church on Some Aspects of Christian Meditation — a document that deserves to be better known— makes this clear: Christian prayer is always determined by the structure of the Christian faith, in which the very truth of God and creature shines forth. For this reason, it is defined, properly speaking, as a personal, intimate and profound dialogue between man and God. It expresses therefore the communion of redeemed creatures with the intimate life of the Persons of ...http://vultus.stblogs.org/index.php/2014/11/more-about-lectio-divina/

"Jesus Wanted It This Way" – Amid Landmark Days, the Pope on the BishopsWHISPERS IN THE LOGGIA - November 6, 2014 ... installations of the two archbishops likely to figure as the most significant appointees Francis will make in Anglophone Catholicism through his entire pontificate: Anthony Fisher in Sydney – Australia's premier post – and Blase Cupich in Chicago, the latter formally launching a stunning, Pope-driven ascent that now sets the leadership of the Stateside church's three largest dioceses in place for the next decade. Atop all that, these days likewise bring a sense of history beyond ...http://whispersintheloggia.blogspot.com/2014/11/jesus-wanted-it-this-way-amid-historic.html